دو مثال خاص:
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Hassan does as Hassan is.
مثال اول یعنی "جز از کِشتهی خویشتن ندرَوی"، و دومی یعنی "حسن چنان میکند که هست" ( طبق ضربالمثل از کوزه همان برون تراود که در اوست).
ساختارهای زیر همه بر اساس مفهوم "یکاندازهبودن" و مقایسهی دو مقدار مساوی شکل گرفتهند:
Hasssn is as happy as Asghar is upset.
I am as much your friend as you want me to be.
This is as good as it gets.
اگر دو موضوع مقایسه با هم برابری نکنند ممکنه ار ever استفاده بشه:
However sad you are feeling, you cannot possibly be feeling as miserable as I do.
However much I try, I will never succeed.